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FCC Commissioner Expresses
Doubts on Media Mergers

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Corey Boles

Updated Sept. 27, 2007 11:59 p.m. ET

Note: This article was published Sept. 27, 2007. Due to a technical glitch, it was republished on Oct. 3, 2007 and carried an incorrect date. The article's date has been corrected to read Sept. 27, 2007.

WASHINGTON -- Democratic Federal Communications Commission member Michael Copps set a high bar Thursday for approval of three media mergers before the agency as he questioned whether the proposed deals were in the public interest.